April 19, 2022 Blog FileMaker FileMaker Techniques code commentsCode readability Code Readability: Good Comments vs. Bad Comments This article will show examples of good comments vs. bad comments, and how you can improve your code readability by following a few key principles. In our previous blog posts on code readability, we showed how to enhance code readability by using spacing and meaningful naming without adding comments. Read more By Weihao Ding
March 9, 2022 Blog FileMaker Techniques Code readabilityCode Spacing Improve Code Readability with Spacing Do you really need to use comments to enhance readability? Sometimes a few empty rows will do a great job. Read more By Weihao Ding
February 23, 2022 Blog FileMaker FileMaker Techniques API DocumentationFileMaker integrationWeb integration Basic Authentication in API integration Of all the FileMaker features introduced in the past five years, many feel that being able to specify cURL options for the Insert from URL script step is the most impactful. Why might that be? With this feature, all third-party web services with APIs can be extensions of our FileMaker solutions, which expands what our […] Read more By Weihao Ding
January 27, 2022 Blog FileMaker FileMaker Techniques FilemakerScriptingSingle Pass Loop Single-Pass Loop The single-pass loop technique is inspired by the Try-Catch statement found in many programming languages. In a Try-Catch statement, the developer will put the happy path logic in the Try block Read more By Weihao Ding
October 21, 2021 Blog filemaker jsonJSONJSON script parameter Automatically Parse a JSON Script Parameter Beginning in FileMaker 16, many developers have used JSON functions to pass script parameters and script results, which can be a very convenient way to pass multiple parameters at once. However, it can be tedious to write many Set Variable script steps just to parse out values from the script parameter. Read more By Weihao Ding